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meiosis

/mahy-oh-sis/US // maɪˈoʊ sɪs //UK // (maɪˈəʊsɪs) //

减数分裂,成熟期,减数次分裂,减数第一次分裂

Related Words

amitosis无丝分裂症,无丝分裂,无精症,无丝分裂现象mitosis有丝分裂,细胞有丝分裂,细胞有丝分裂症

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Cell Biology. part of the process of gamete formation, consisting of chromosome conjugation and two cell divisions, in the course of which the diploid chromosome number becomes reduced to the haploid.Compare mitosis.
    • : Rhetoric. belittlement. expressive understatement, especially litotes.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as incell division
Synonyms
amitosis无丝分裂症,无丝分裂,无精症,无丝分裂现象cellular division细胞分裂,细胞分割,细胞分化,细胞划分mitosis有丝分裂,细胞有丝分裂,细胞有丝分裂症

Examples

  • In Malone’s lab, she fell in love with meiosis, the process by which organisms divvy up genetic information to pass on to future generations.

  • Gametogenesis, fertilization, and one-division meiosis in Oxymonas.

  • Meiosis in Barbulanympha following fertilization, autogamy, and endomitosis.

  • Gametogenesis, fertilization, and one-division meiosis in Saccinobaculus.

  • Haploid (n) chromosome numbers were determined from cells in diakinesis, metaphase I, and metaphase II of meiosis.

  • One-division meiosis and autogamy without cell division in Urinympha.

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